And I got out of there without punching anyone, kicking anyone, or breaking down in tears. Some days the small victories are all you achieve.

I had an absurd desire to go down to her and make sure she was all right, and stay with her until dawn. I also had a fierce wish to bludgeon the two frat boys to death with a shovel.

I've given her signs! I've given her plenty of signs. What does she want me to do? Slap him across the face with my glove, and challenge him to pistols at dawn?

College isn't half as much fun as they told us it was going to be.""It's not one-hundredth as much fun.

..."There’s really no way I can explain it to her without *still* sounding like scum, " I complained to Sinter."The 'sympathy shack-up' doesn’t score many points, " he agreed.*

You're lucky I'm drawn to things that are sick and weird. Makes it so I can actually still like you.

Phoenix, n. The classical prototype of the modern 'small hot bird.'

There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain.

Excessive regulation is costing America as much as $2 trillion a year. And I will end it very, very quickly.

The final goal of human effort is man's self-transforma tion.

If the company depends entirely on you - your creativity, ingenuity, inspiration, salesmanship or charisma - nobody will want to buy it. The risk and the dependency are too great.

I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.

But I have been watching the crows since childhood. I loved the colour on its face. It can count up to seven – number seven it can count. They have made an observation. They are very clever birds.

I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework.

People who live in more than two countries are more successful innovators.

He wakes into music the green forest-bowers.